only 55 people out of 100 can read this

scientists say on 55 out of 100 can read this. Everyone I know can, but then I only know 2 people!! Strange, though, isn't it? And you thought your spelling was bad!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it...

vrey good mroain.

I balme fooacebk for tihs

I can read this...does that mean that I'm used to bad spelling or should I be at Bletchley Park?

Very interesting little phenomenon (is that the word I'm looking for?), isn't it? I did some testing amongst other friends and people I knew at school a couple of years back. HIGHLY amusing!

I didn't used to be able to read it but since Jamie Jones joined the site I can read it fluently

LOL

Ha.
I've never known anyone that can't understand it either.
I think that statistic is wrong!
Unless the other 45 people can't read normal writing either.
Or are blind.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.

(variation on the same theme).

I'm one of the 45 who can't I'm afraid. It's like looking at my worse reading nightmare. I'm dyslexic so as far as that was concerned, it just freaked me out for a couple of seconds before I realised it was meant to be a mess. Grabbing my flatmate and asking him to read it, he has just explained what it was and how it works but one of my problems is sometimes everything merges together anyway so as far as my brain is concerned, it doesn't matter about the first and last letter because it's sometimes hard for me to take that information into my mind in the first place. Does that make sense? No? Well ya boo sucks.

Yer it must be a nightmare for people with dyslexia. And yes it does make sense hun! mwah x

Yes, I can imagine it definitely doesn't work for people with dyslexia.

Do you remember the old days, when people used to think they had to make kids with dyslexia feel better about it, they used to say: Don't worry, Tom Cruise has dyslexia!

How times change.

Yes, I remember that!